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Sadly enough our
vacation draws to a close. During the last 10 remaining days we travelled from
Townsville back to Cairns. Due to the heavy rainfalls over the last 2 Weeks, we
found a lot of places along the way that were still submerged. The main highway
between Townsville and Cairns was even closed to traffic for 4 days. We
followed the Bruce Highway Innisfail where we took the Palmerston Highway into
the Atherton Tablelands.
Just to see the difference, we visited again
the Millaa Millaa Falls and the Barron Falls. Now in the Wet Season the amount
of water flowing over these waterfalls has increased dramatically. In
Yungaburra we spent a very pleasant evening with friends from Mareeba we met up
at Cape York almost half a year ago.
On the way to Cairns we visited teh
Coffee Works. Locally grown coffee is roasted here fresh to the order of the
customers. Coffee can only be grown in a tropical climate. Currently Australia
grows around 200 tons of coffee per year. 180 tons are grown in Mareeba. Here
we enjoyed a very interesting talk about how coffee is grown, processed and
finally roasted to perfection. The next stop then was at the Butterfly
Sanctuary in Kuranda. Of the Worlds around 25'000 species, around 350 live all
over Australia.
In Cairns we cleaned our car and prepared it for its
return. As well we enjoyed very much our daily visits at the Beethoven Coffee
shop. Here we found beautifully crusty bread rolls with Buendnerfleisch. Just
like at home, actually I think even better to be honest.
Over the next
few days we went on 2 trips to the Great Barrier Reef for some snorkeling as
well as to the Rainforest Habitat in Port Douglas. The Rainforest Habitat
features beautiful and spacious aviaries inhabited by the most colourful
parrots and birds. as well a very good place to see a cassowary, koalas and
kaenguruhs.
Finally on the 23rd of February we boarded our plane which
would bring us back to Switzerland. The flight took almost 30 hours and brought
us via stops in Darwin, Singapore and London back to Zuerich. in Zuerich we
were picked up at the Airport by some of our friends. Another 90 minutes later
we were back at home. By now we hadn't seen a bed in over 48 hours.
With
this page we end now the documentation of an unforgetable trip in a very
beautiful and diverse country featuring everything from Rainforests over
Deserts, the Great Barrier Reef and even Snow in the Snowy Mountains. Not to
forget the natural diversity, almost 10 % of all the plant and animal species
on earth are at home in Australia.
If we weted your appetite to travel
to Australia to look and see for yourselves, then we reached our goal. if you
like to know more about our expirience, drop us an email, we never tire to talk
about our beloved Australia.
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